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The article features banjo player Steve Martin.

The musical notation for banjo for the song "Julianne Johnson" is presented.

The article offers tips for banjo students on learning new tunes on the fly or even from slowed down recordings. Topics covered include the importance of listening to fiddlers in a student's development of a style, the transition that happen in moving from student/technician to intuitive musician, and the method of learning the mechanics rather than the music of the instrument.

An interview with sisters Chloe Smith and Leah Song, who play clawhammer banjo as part of their band Rising Appalachia, is presented. When asked how they got into old-time banjo, they share that their family was deeply immersed in old-time music and dance traditions with their mother playing the fiddle and clawhammer and their father playing a blues guitar. Smith also mentions the reason why the sound that comes through in their banjo playing is both authentic and original.

The article evaluates the Islander's Ash Leaf openback banjo from Banjos Direct.

The article evaluates the open back banjo pickup system, Pick-up the World, by Ric Hollander.

The article evaluates a banjo built by Jason Burns.

A review is offered for the CloverLick Banjo shop located in Burlington, Wisconsin.

The article evaluates the banjo microphone from Bartlett.

The article provides information on the modern ways of jamming and joining jam sessions. It explores on the remarkable changes in music gatherings that are referred to as jams, including the current use of microphones to present a "show", that can already pass as a performance. It adds that jam sessions involve several musicians getting together to play together, with some people leading the hardcore of the jam who chose the tunes, play the best, keep the beat and create focus of the session.

The article provides information on the advantages of workshops, lessons and camps in the U.S. The author stated that workshops emphasizes that students are working, while real workshop is a hands-on learning experience which can be as short as one hour or a week. Meanwhile, camps are likely to give an overview rather any intensive time with any ones instructor or technique.

An interview with Andy Rubin, an old-time musician, is presented. He recalls how he started playing and picking clawhammer banjoes, including his influences for playing the instrument. He discusses how banjo, as well as clawhammer banjo, fit into klezmer music. He identifies the tunings he most utilize in his clawhammer banjo playing.

An interview with David Holt, an old-time banjo musician and historian, is presented. He recalls how he first discovered old-time banjo music. He considers Byard Ray of Sodom, North Carolina, Fred Cockerham, Tommy Jarrell and Doc Watson as the influences in his life and in his banjo style. He admits identifying a distinction between his roles as entertainer, musician and a teacher.

The article reviews the music release "Old Time Banjo," by Allen Hart.

The article evaluates the BC 350 Bob Carlin model of banjo created by banjo manufacturer Gold Tone and banjo player Bob Carlin and offers information on its features and price.

The article presents the comments of readers and several notable people about the "Old Time Way" (OTW) section in the "Banjo NewsLetter" which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in January 2015. The people include co-editor Bob Carlin, who cites the increase in the number of bluegrass musicians, editor Donald Nitchie, who praised editor Dan Levenson for presenting new things in the old-time banjo community, and David Brooks, who looks back at his development as a clawhammer player.

The article reviews the music release "Banjo Classics from the Vaults of County Records & Old Blue Records," produced by Charlie Faurot.

The article reviews the music release "Black Bear on the Mountain," by Fred Coon and Bill Burke.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of participating in jams in the northern part of Southern Appalachia and moving to Yuma, Arizona and be able to start a jam workshop there.

The article evaluates the Loudbox Mini amplifier from Fishman and the ABS amplified banjo system microphone with preamp from Goldtone.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including about from a banjoist who is asking if he is a scrugg, another requesting for favorites in the October 2008 issue, and one about D tuning/Reuben.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in previous issues including "Don't Play It Half Fast," by Dan Levenson in the October/November 2006 issue, a review of the music release "Three Fiddlers From the Show-Me State," and "Is This the Right Way to Hold a Violin?," by Lester McCumbers.

The article presents an interview with banjoist Curt Bouterse whose latest music release is "Down the Road I'll Go." He discussed why he became a musician. His views on the differences in his role as a musician and as an ethnomusicologist are outlined. He described the effects of the Internet on old-time music.

The article reviews the music score “Greasy Creek" by Canadian fiddler Erynn Marshall.

The author offers updates and information concerning banjo music as of July 2016 including the release of the author's book "Beyond the Waterfall: Extraordinary Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo," the launch of a series of electronic books on banjo music by David Brooks, and a profile of Tim Bing of the Bing Brothers band.